Edward Brophy
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Feb 26 1895• Died May 27 1960
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Edward Brophy was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian. Small of build, balding, and raucous-voiced, he frequently portrayed dumb cops and gangsters, both serious and comic. He is best remembered for his roles in the Falcon film series and for voicing Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo. His screen debut was in Yes or No. He appeared in The Champ, Freaks, The Thin Man, The Thin Man Goes Home (1944). He also made several appearances in the films of director John Ford.
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The Millionaire
Preliminary Feeney
Lady Bodyguard
Harry Gargan
Mr. & Mrs. North
Dumbo
Timothy Q. Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Freaks
Rollo Brother
The Last Hurrah
Ditto Boland
The Cameraman
Man in Bathhouse Stall with Buster (uncredited)
Golden Boy
Roxy Lewis
Broadway to Hollywood
Joe Mannion
China Seas
Wilbur Timmons
The Last Gangster
Fats Garvey
Air Force
Marine Sgt. J.J. Callahan
The Invisible Woman
Bill
The Thin Man
Joe Morelli
Mad Love
Rollo
Cover Girl
Joe, bartender (uncredited)
Bundle of Joy
Dance Contest Judge
See My Lawyer
Otis Fillmore
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Buck Moseby
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Hinkle
Dance, Girl, Dance
Dwarfie
All Through the Night
Joe Denning
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton
Great Guy
Pete Reilly
The Poor Rich
Flannigan
The Soldier and the Lady
Packer
The Gay Falcon
Detective Bates
Strike Me Pink
Killer
The Champ
Tim
Thieves Fall Out
Rork
Destroyer
Engineer Casey
Show Them No Mercy!
Buzz
Paid
Burglar (uncredited)
A Slight Case of Murder
Lefty
Larceny, Inc.
Weepy Davis
Death on the Diamond
Grogan
Flesh
Dolan
Career Woman
Doc Curley
Oh, Doctor
Meg Smith
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Hello Pop
Brophy
Wonder Man
Torso
Our Blushing Brides
Joe Munsey
Wedding Present
Squinty
The Big Guy
Dippy
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Corbett
The Slowest Gun in the West
The Bartender
Remember Last Night?
Maxie
Come On, Leathernecks!
Max 'Curly' Maxwell
$1,000 a Minute
Benny Dolan
Arson, Inc.
Pete Purdy
A Free Soul
Slouch (uncredited)
Pier 23
Prof. Shicker
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Officer Slattery
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Sid
The Whole Town's Talking
'Slugs' Martin
What! No Beer?
Spike Moran
Calling Philo Vance
Ryan
Varsity Show
Mike Barclay
Shadow of Doubt
Wilcox
Spendthrift
Bill McGuire
Woman Trap
George Meade (as Ed Brophy)
Spite Marriage
Production
The Beast of the City
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Golden Gloves
Potsy Brill
Evelyn Prentice
Eddie Delaney
Gambling Ship
Cuthbert Innocent
The Girl Said No
Pick
The Hit Parade
Mulrooney
Skyscraper Souls
Man in Elevator (uncredited)
I Live My Life
Pete (Uncredited)
Madame Spy
Mike Reese
I'll Fix It
Tilly Tilson
Estrellados
Assistant Director (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
Jake Shomberg
Free and Easy
Production
Mister Cinderella
Detective McNutt
The Falcon in San Francisco
Goldie Locke
Yes or No
Tom Martin
Sporting Blood
Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
The Passionate Plumber
Man Outside Beauty Parlor (uncredited)
Steel Against the Sky
Pete Evans
Gold Diggers in Paris
Mike Coogan
Hold That Kiss
Al
The Kid from Kokomo
Eddie Black
Naughty Marietta
Zeke
Sandy Gets Her Man
Fireman Junior
The Great Profile
Sylvester
Spring Fever
Golf Game Spectator (uncredited)
Society Lawyer
Max
Pardon Our Nerve
Nosey Nelson
Blossoms On Broadway
Prussic
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Detective
Alias the Deacon
Stuffy
Kid Nightingale
Mike Jordon
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Romo
Those Three French Girls
Yank
The Thin Man Goes Home
Brogan
West Point
Team Manager (Uncredited)
Hide-Out
Det. Britt
The Great Gambini
Butch
Speak Easily
Reno
People Will Talk
Pete Ranse
Broadway
Porky
Doughboys
Sgt. Brophy
Buy Me That Town
Ziggy
Beer and Pretzels
Theater Manager (uncredited)
The Falcon's Adventure
Goldie Locke
Sequoia
Forest Ranger Pete (uncredited)
For Love or Money
Sleeper
Swing Parade of 1946
Moose
Prosperity
Ice Cream Salesman (uncredited)
Penthouse Rhythm
Bailey
Sleepers West
George Trautwein
Kelly the Second
Ike Arnold
Here Comes Trouble
Crowley
Passport Husband
Spike
Vacation from Love
Barney Keenan
The Price of Freedom
Man in restaurant (uncredited)
Girl on the Spot
Fingers Foley
Paris Interlude
Ham
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Arty
Hideaway Girl
Bugs Murphy
Danger Zone
Prof. Frederick Simpson Schicker
A Scream in the Dark
Eddie Tough
Casanova wider Willen
Directing
Roaring City
'Professor' Fredrick Simpson Schicka
All American Chump
Pudgy Murphy
A Night of Adventure
Steve
Remote Control
Al
Renegade Girl
Bob Crandall
A Dangerous Affair
Nelson
Trapped by G-Men
Lefty
I'll Remember April
Shadow
The Dangerous Maid
Directing
She Gets Her Man
Flash
Buster se marie
Directing
A Dangerous Game
Bugsy (misspelled Bugs in on-screen credits)
Romance on the Run
Whitey Whitehouse
The Sign on the Door
Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)